General Discussion

We are no longer in a situation where the older evolved institutions can stand against the Dionysian wave of fascism crashing down upon us. The Apollonian systems we have cultivated for hundreds of years are crumbling away before our eyes. Climate change leads to large-scale population migrations which fuel anti-immigrant resentment and ultra-nationalism. This generation of robotics and AI is far from being able to adequately provide the utopian environment humans might desire, but it's already good enough to obsolete many "middle income" human jobs and it will improve at a surprising pace.

I retain little hope for the young who will learn that inherited power and bullying are the fastest ways to get results. Perhaps in a century, the tide will turn but most of us won't live to see it.